Chords by Paul Wingham from Double Dare UK. www.doubledareuk.com
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The Mission
Grapes of Wrath from the album Carved in Sand (1990)
Verse 1:
GC
The sweat upon his brow and the dirt worked into his hands
GC
The dignity of labour upon a man's own land
GD
The soil of his fathers passed on down through blood to hand
AmCDG
A man's right of birth to reap the harvest from his land
Verse 2:
C
The breaking of his back to keep his dream alive
GC
To work the change of season his instinct to survive
GD
The planting of his seed and to see his harvest grow
AmCDG
Gives a pride to a man to reap the harvest that he sows
Chorus:
Em
The land of the free, home of the brave
CGDC
The heartland of pioneers, the heritage of flesh and blood
Em
And along come the winds that blow through the land
CGD
With a price to pay for the working man, money talks and changes hands
CDG
And money reaps the harvest money demands, the grapes of wrath
Verse 3:
C
They can take away his freedom, they can beat him into the dust
GC
They can burn his home, run him from his land, and leave him out to gather rust
GD
But they can't take away his faith and his honesty and pride and the
AmCDG
knowledge that he holds inside One day they'll reap the harvest, the grapes of wrath
Verse 4:
There's hope in a man that nothing can destroy
A man will endure anything for the dream that he holds dear
And there's pride in the earth he toils for
His honesty for the air he breathes
The truth of the harvest they will reap
Ending:
GDG
The grapes of wrath, the grapes of wrath,
DCBAG
the grapes of wrath